Reversible cuff.



I. D. C. FoRsYTH.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 1918. 1,290,956. Patented Jan.14,1919.

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JOHN D. CLAUDE FORSYTH, 0F KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA.

REVERSIBLE GUFI?.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application led August 20, 1918. Serial No. 250,695.

To will whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN D. CLAUDE FoRsYTH, of the city of Kitchener, in the county of Waterloo, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to soft double or French cuffs, and my object is to devise a cud of this type which will fold readily either way on its center, thus enabling the wearer to use it with either side out.'

I attain my object by stifening the interlining so as to form a line intermediate the top and bottom of the cufr` on which the cuff will tend to fold more easily than at any other point in its length, thus permitting the cuff to be folded with equal ease in either direction and with equal neatness in the fold. Preferably I attain this result by introducing between the middle and bottom of the cuff an extra piece of interlining which is folded at its edge adjacent the folding line of the cuff and stitched to the other part of the interlining which extends from top @to bottom of the cui.

The cuff is constructed in detail substantially as hereinafter described and illus? trated in the accompanying drawingsl in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe cuff broken away to disclose the construction;

Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, somewhat exaggerated, sho-wing the method of constructing the cuff Fig. 3 a section, somewhat exaggerated, shcwing the cuff folded in one direction; an t Fig. 4 a similar View showing the cuff folded in the other direction.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

1 are two pieces of fabric forming the facing of the cuff, each piece being turned right side out so that the pattern, if any, is displayed both inside .land outside of Copies of this patent the cuff. The interlining is formed of two pieces 2 and 3. The piece 2 extends from the bottom to the top of the cuff and is stitched to the facing in the usual manner. The piece 3 extends from the bottom of the cuff substantially to the line on which the cud is folded. The edge of the piece 3 of the interlining adjacent theJ line along which the fold takes place is stiifened. This stiffening is effected by folding over the edge of the pie-ce of the interlining as shown. The two pieces of interlining are sewn together, the line Iof stitching being through the folded over edge of the part 3. A line of stiffness is thus formed across the cuff without Iany -stitching sho-wing on either of the faces of the cuff.

'With this construction it will be found that the cuff will fold easily and perfectly either way so that it rmay be worn with either side out.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A folding cuff formed of two pieces of facing material and a separate interlining stiifened to form a line intermediate the top and bottom of the cuff on which the cuftl will tend to fold more easily than at any other point in its length.

2. A folding cuff formed of ltwo pieces of facing material and a separate interlining formed of two pieces, one extending from top to bottom of the cuff and 'the other extending from the bottom of the cuff substantially to the line on which the cuff is folded, the two pieces being secured together adjacent said line.

3. A folding cuff formed of ftwo pieces of facing material and a separate interlining formed of two pieces, one extending from top to bottom of the cuff and the other extending from the bottom of the cuit` substantially to Jthe line on which the cuff is folded, the two pieces being secured together and stiffened adjacent said line.

Signed at Kitchener, Ont., this 9th day of August, 1918.

JOHN D. CLAUDE FoRsY'rH.

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Washington, D. G. 

